Ted Nugent is hitting the pavement for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. The rocker called for attendees of the National Rifle Association’s convention to go out and recruit thousands of people to vote for Romney in the coming election. Nugent said, ”Our government is wiping its a– with the Constitution.” During an on-site interview, he also told the crowd, ”We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who don’t believe in the Constitution. Does everybody here know that four of the Supreme Court justices not only determined you don’t have the right to keep and bear arms, four Supreme Court justices signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense? That sounds like a stoned hippie. That doesn’t sound like a Supreme Court anything.” The musician went on to say: ”If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” A representative for Nugent didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. [The Hollywood Reporter]

@Bryan wrote:”The Nuge has never spent a day in jail, and is a true American Patriot. The Motor City Madman speaks truth, and it bothers you, so you do what liberals always try to do, and that is to try to marginalize him.”

@Dave wrote: “Jail seems like a good place for him!” Most of the comments seem polarized. Folks either love Nugent or despise him. The subset of folks that are reading this post seem to be more of the former than the latter right now.

@KJJ wrote: “Seriously? What about Bono, Streisand, Springsteen, etc.?? It’s ok for them to speak out in the same manner, but heaven forbid a supporter of the constitution speak out against the wrongs done to this country through this administration.” Readers, what do you think? Can you think of other musicians who have spoken out with the kind of rhetoric that Nugent used?

@Paul wrote “I never knew much about Ted Nugent – I knew he was a big 2nd amendment guy and liked to hunt and live a free life…which I respect greatly. I lost about 75% of my respect for him when he endorsed Robamaney. Ron Paul 2012.” There seem to be a lot of Ron Paul supporters commenting on this story. I wonder why that is?

@PondersaPete wrote: “Washed up aging rocker stumps for washed up aging right wingers” He raises a point that’s perhaps either a sidebar or worth discussing. Does anyone still listen to Nugent’s music, or is he more of a pundit than a musician these days?

virto wrote: “I’ve been practicing law for the past quarter century and don’t recall any of the Justices taking a position that precluded anyone from defending themselves. Apparently, the cat-scratch fever hasn’t broken yet.” Nugent wasn’t very specific in terms of cases.